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Bill Callahan “Coyotes” – dreams of love
This is not Joni’s ‘Coyote‘, nowhere near it in fact as Bill Callahan sings of a coyote of a very different stripe. Touching on the dreams of old dogs, a new child, and an open declaration […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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The Watersons “John Barleycorn” – Frost and Fire Revisited
The Watersons – Norma, Mike and Lal Waterson and their cousin, John Harrison – put out ‘Frost And Fire: A Calendar of Ritual and Magical Songs’ in 1965 after going through a particularly arduous audition process […]
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Sara Rachele “Sad Song” – sorrow is my constant companion
Sara Rachele is not kidding when she says this is a ‘Sad Song‘, it oozes a relentlessly downbeat mood, like a spiral down into a depressive state, but laced with an attractive melancholic indulgence. Or as […]
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Storm The Palace “She Knows” – stylish murder ballad ahoy
You may already be thinking that Storm The Palace are probably not a hardcore Americana band, and they probably lean towards the folkier end of the spectrum of coverage for your favourite music site. And you’d […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Gretchen Peters, Kings Place, London – 2nd September 2022
A glorious early September evening with the recently developed and gentrified streets between the back of the railway lines and down by the canal doing their best to entice the avid music fan away from Kings […]